Improvement in ale or beer-cocks



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HENRY GETTY, 0F HOBOKEN, NEW` JERSEY..

- -Letters Patent No. 112,701, dated March 11.1, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN \ALE 0R BEER-COCKS.

The Schedule referred to ln these iletters Fatemi and making part of thesama.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY GETTY, of the city of Hoboken, State of N ewJersey, have invented, made, and applied to use a vnew and improvedAle-Cock; and I' do declare the following to be a full, clear, and

oorrect:descriptiou of the same, reference being hadl an ale-cock with ahollow box or projection forthe reception of a coupling, said box havinga recess at one end to receive 'a washer, and at the opposite end athumb-screw for the purpose of fastening the coupling in its place. l

It' also consists in providing a coupling 'with around project-ion tofit the washer in the cock, and a flange to rest on the hollow box -orprojection of the alecoclr, so as to hinge the round projection ofthecoup- -ling always to the center of the said hollow box or projectionand opposite the washer.

To enable those skilled in the arts -to make and use my invention, Iwill `now describe the constructionand operation of the same.

The cock M, fig. l, is cast with a hollow box or projection, B, said boxbeing provided with a recess, C, for the reception of a washer at itsinner end, and itis tapped at the opposite end for the reception of athumb-screw, A, figs. 1 and 4, the use of which. will hereafter be fullydescribed.

O, gs. 2, 3, and 4, is a coupling, having anL- shaped'passage-way; it isalso provided with a round projection, P,'and a ange, F, the use ofwhich will be' hereafter fully explained.

fEhe coupling O is soldered at its upperend to the suction-pipe of thealeepum'p; said coupling, fits into the hollow boxor projection B, asshown very clearly ing. 4.

Having thus`f'ully described the different parts of my invention, I will.now proceed to explain the operation. of the same.

The cock KM is driven into the keg, and the coupling O, with 'thesuction-pipe attached, is inserted in the hollow. box or projection B.The thumb-screw A is then screwed up vand presses the coupling forward;the round part ofthe couplingP is then forced y againstthe washer in thecavity C of the hollowbox or projection B, thelever N of the cock M isthen turned, and the 'connect-ion with the pump is complete. l

Having thus'fully explained my invention, and described the operationofthe same,

f* What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The hollow box or projection B, with its recess G, and thumb-screw A,for the purposes shown and described.

v2. The coupling-O, constructed as shown, for the purposes specified.

A3. 'lhe combination of the hollow box or projection B with the recessC,thumb-screw A, and coupling O, the Whole arranged substantially asshown, and for the purposesspeciii'ed.

' HENRY GETTY.

Witnesses:

LUDEF PoR'rING, CARL LAMPMANN.

